Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Mormons

Some would say that people are repulsed by the “weirdness” of Mormon beliefs, but how many Americans have ever even heard any of these beliefs? No, the one thing that everyone knows about Mormons–and it’s the only thing that matters–is that they’re serious. They actually believe “that stuff”. When they say “God bless you”, they’re actually asking an omnipotent Being to do something, and that freaks people out. “These guys are nuts! We’ve gotta keep them far from power,” thinks “moderate” America.

Catholics used to be a despised group, because Catholics, you know, actually believed “that stuff”. Then came Vatican II, when they gave society at large that wink and nudge that means “we’re not serious”. Now, instead of anti-Catholicism, in America we have anti-clericalism, because the public still can’t shake the suspicion that the Catholic clergy, at least, are serious. Would that it were true!

I think any religion, when they're 'in your face' are just asking to be scrutinized or made fun of by the masses. Mormons are still in this phase.

They got LOTS of shit a few generations back for outlawing blacks to be mormon. (Skin pigment = sin, and so forth) but they changed. More recently, they were busted for trying to baptize people post-mortem. They were digging up graves to help save souls.

Are they doing the right thing? In their minds, yes. But they have to realize that 'free will' is an essential part of life, and they CAN NOT impose their beliefs on others.

It took Catholicism hundreds of years to realize that. They regress now and then. Good luck, mormons.

I don't mind people being overly religious, they can believe what they want. It bothers me though when they keep trying to talk me into that sort of stuff, and freak out at me when I tell them I'm not religious.